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B8 BERGKRISTALL - ESCHE II
Underground Plant

LOGISTIC NETWORK

Between 1943 and 1945, millions of tons of material were brought from all over the Third Reich via the railway station at Sankt Georgen an der Gusen to the construction site and the underground plant of B8 BERGKRISTALL - ESCHE 2.

The most important locations within the B8 BERGKRISTALL-ESCHE 2 network are structured according to the subsequent classification (in alphabetical order):
  • Me-262: Material going out for Messerschmitt GmbH
  • Me-262: Material comming in for Messerschmitt GmbH
Members of the 34rd Bomb Group making a break sitting on Me-262 fuselage "Rumpfwerk" No. 557 in front of B8 BERGKRISTALL One of the few photographs from inside B8 BERGKRISTALL as it appeared after liberation in 1945. Me-262 fuel tanks can be seen at lower left. Photograph courtesy Mjr Rdt Charles S. Sandler, US Military commander of KZ Gusen after its liberation in May and June 1945.

Me-262: Material going out for Messerschmitt GmbH:

ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
BALLENSTEDT received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and "empty boxes"
BERLIN received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
BERLIN-WEISSENSEE received "container boxes" (Behaelterkisten)
BERLIN-STAAKEN received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
BODENWOEHR received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
BRANDENBURG received fuselages (Ruempfe)
BUDWEIS (CESKE BUEJOVICE) received machine tools (Werkzeugmaschinen)
BURGAU received fuselages (Ruempfe) until Oktober 1944 and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
CHAM received received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
DRESTEDT received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
FALLERSLEBEN received "tooling" (Werkzeug) and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) until July 1944
FISCHAMEND received aircraft parts (Flugzeuteile) until March 1944
FLOSSENBUERG received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until October 1944 and machinery (Maschinen)
GRASLITZ received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
GUENZBURG received fuselages (Ruempfe) until the end of the war and "Rumpfwerk"
HAGELSTADT received fuselages (Ruempfe) and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
HOECHST received received "empty boxes", "Behaelterkisten"
JETTINGEN received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
KAHLA (REIMAHG AG) received fuselages (Ruempfe)
KEFERMARKT received aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) until July 1944
KUBOHUETTE (KUBOVA HUT) received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), "Wannen" and "Wannenverschlaege"
LUNGITZ received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile)
LEIPHEIM received fuselages (Ruempfe) until Dezember 1944 and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
OBERNZELL received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and "Rumpfwerk"
OBERTRAUBLING received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
PLANKENHEIM received aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) until June 1944
PLETTENBERG received "antennas" (Antennen), "Verschlaege"
REGENSBURG received fuselages (Ruempfe), "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), machinery (Maschinen) and "large furnaces" (Grossraumoefen)
SCHWAEBISCH HALL received fuselages (Ruempfe) until Dezember 1944 and "Rumpfwerk"
SINGEN received "aluminum scrap DEST" (Duralabfaelle DEST)
SULZDORF received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
SUNZENDORF received "boxes" (Kisten)
VILSEK received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and "aircraft parts" (Flugzeugteile)
WELS received "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
ZARTLESDORF received aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) until July 1944

Me-262: Material comming in for Messerschmitt GmbH

BAYREUTH delivered work benches (Werkbaenke)
BODENWOEHR delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until January 1945
DACHAU delivered work benches (Werkbaenke)
ESCHENLOHE delivered ... (Wehrmachtsteile), fans (Ventilatoren) and machinery (Maschinen)
FALLERSLEBEN delivered parts for fuselages (Rumpfteile)
FISCHAMEND delivered machinery (Maschinen)
FLOSSENBUERG delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until January 1945, parts for machinery (Maschinenteile) and wings (Flaechen)
FRANZENSTHAL delivered aircraft hulls "Wannen" and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
GRASLITZ delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) and brass (Bleche)
GUENZBURG delivered ... (Verladeboecke)
HAGELSTADT delivered parts for machinery (Maschinenteile), machinery (Maschinen) and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until January 1945, water tanks (Wasserbehaelter)
INGOLSTADT delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until Dezember 1944
KOEFERING delivered paint (Farbe) and "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
KUBOHUETTE delivered aircraft hulls "Wannen"
LUNGITZ delivered electric material (Elektromaterial), transformer (Transformatoren), containers (Behaelter), fuel tanks (Kraftstoffbehaelter), tubes (Rohre), brass (Bleche)
MAUTHAUSEN delivered tools (Werkzeuge), machinery (Maschinen) and brass (Bleche)
MITTERTEICH delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) and machinery (Maschinen)
OBERNZELL delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), charger (Ladegeraete), tubes (Rohre) and ... (Exzenterpressen)
OBERTRAUBLING delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), "equipment" (Geraete) and workshop equipment (Werkstatteinrichtung)
PASSAU delivered sheets (Platten)
PLETTENBERG delivered "aluminum" (Leichtmetall), aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile) and(Bohrgeruest)
PRUEFENING delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile)
RAMINGDORF delivered ... (Montagestaender)
REGENSBURG delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile), machinery (Maschinen), paint (Farbe), ... (Verlagerungsgut), ... (Betriebsmittel), work benches (Werkbaenke), ... (Fluegelwagen)
REGENSTAUF delivered aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile)
SCHWANDORF delivered cast items (Gussteile) and iron components (Eisenteile)
SULZDORF delivered aircraft parts (Flugzeugteile)
WEILHEIM delivered "aluminum" (Leichtmetall)
WELS delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until November 1944
WENDLINGEN delivered "spare parts" (Ersatzteile) until January 1945

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Most recent updates of this page were made on
2006-03-07 by Rudolf A. HAUNSCHMIED,
Martha GAMMER, Siegi WITZANY-DURDA and
Jan-Ruth MILLS